>>40131540>start your grand adventure>go into the grass, encounter early route normal type>"Hey, a cute raccoon, I should catch that">battle and throw balls>Pokemon caught joins the team>stays on for one reason or another, toughing it out in battles, abilities that are handy but not totally necessary, looking cute or cool, generally being the most trustworthy party memberThere's all sorts of reasons to find sentimental value in a capture. Just because you haven't had a special encounter or felt that sort of value doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Besides, you can generalize any sort of encounter with any Pokemon with that cynical attitude.
>speak to prof>get mon>WOW ITS THE FIRST SO I GOTTA USE IT>go to windworks on Friday>talk to Drifloon>WOAH IT WAS WAITING FOR ME DUDE>guy gives you Lapras>MUST. HAVE. THIS WAS DESTINY>get traded a mon>SOMEONE TRUSTED ME THIS POKEMON>get to legendary>IT'S ON THE BOX I HAVE TO HAVE IT ON MY TEAMIf you're so jaded that you can't get why any Pokemon, regardless of how it's found, has value, then you, my friend, are the real Paul.
